EmpyreanKnight Posted June 25, 2018 Posted June 25, 2018 For readers who use reversals - how do you interpret a spread where all or a significant majority of the cards drawn are reversed? This is not highly statistically improbable so this sometimes happen to me. For 3-card spreads there is a 1 in 8 chance of this happening while for 5 cards it's 1 in 32. So yeah, how would you personally read this?
EmpyreanKnight Posted June 25, 2018 Author Posted June 25, 2018 For me, I would still interpret the cards as is, with the added caveat that the situation would tend to be chaotic or topsy-turvy, so great care must be taken by the querent. I'd also draw one final card to end the reading. If it's upright, I'll interpret it as the solution/prevention of the current/impending tumult. If it's reversed, I read it as something that the querent has to watch out for, which might be the very source or at least a major contributor to their troubles.
TheFeeLion Posted June 25, 2018 Posted June 25, 2018 I usually take it to mean there is a lot of blockage in the situation and then use those reversals to tell me where. That’s not always the case though, sometimes I find the cards just want to say something slightly different that couldn’t otherwise be said with upright cards.
DanielJUK Posted June 25, 2018 Posted June 25, 2018 There is an old tarot tale (or myth) that if all the cards in a reading are reversed, you are not meant to read on that topic at that time and to stop reading and not read the cards. It's like a big NO! But I don't observe that and would interpret every reversed card as having value. About 5 years ago, I went through a real depression phase and every card for me came up as reversed almost! I was so blocked in that situation, I could not move ahead but also it can show the meaning delayed as well. The reversals had value because as my life got better and the depression lifted, the cards got more positive :) Not every reversal is negative though, some of the 5's tend to be more positive than the upright. But it can show you are all blocked up!
EmpyreanKnight Posted June 26, 2018 Author Posted June 26, 2018 There is an old tarot tale (or myth) that if all the cards in a reading are reversed, you are not meant to read on that topic at that time and to stop reading and not read the cards. It's like a big NO! But I don't observe that and would interpret every reversed card as having value. That's the third time I've heard this, and it's what actually got me thinking. I don't believe it too tho. Thanks Daniel!
HOLMES Posted June 26, 2018 Posted June 26, 2018 in my readings I noticed over half tend to be reversed.. it has to do with my shuffle style I think.. (i actaully can't yet riffle the cards,, i tried to figure it out over the years ) I had one or two people ask me why their cards were almost all reversed and I said to the effect that that is what was blocked in their life, for that is the stuff that needed to be pointed out. i actually take the cards and reverse half of them face down,, and so i try to do that for balance reasons.. after that i shuffle so if i get more reversed or upright,, i guess it is meant to be.
Saturn Celeste Posted July 2, 2018 Posted July 2, 2018 For readers who use reversals - how do you interpret a spread where all or a significant majority of the cards drawn are reversed? This is not highly statistically improbable so this sometimes happen to me. For 3-card spreads there is a 1 in 8 chance of this happening while for 5 cards it's 1 in 32. So yeah, how would you personally read this? I'm funny when it comes to reversals. I use them but I reverse cards as I shuffle for each reading. I never leave my cards reversed in the deck after the reading. This way, when I do pull reversals, it is specifically for that reading. I have never left reversed cards in any of my decks after a reading. Makes me feel yucky! lololol >:D
PathWalker Posted July 2, 2018 Posted July 2, 2018 Just off the top of my head here - might it also have to do with the clarity or otherwise of your question too? Guess that links with not reading at all on that subject, but it's what came to mind PW :)
EmpyreanKnight Posted July 3, 2018 Author Posted July 3, 2018 For readers who use reversals - how do you interpret a spread where all or a significant majority of the cards drawn are reversed? This is not highly statistically improbable so this sometimes happen to me. For 3-card spreads there is a 1 in 8 chance of this happening while for 5 cards it's 1 in 32. So yeah, how would you personally read this? I'm funny when it comes to reversals. I use them but I reverse cards as I shuffle for each reading. I never leave my cards reversed in the deck after the reading. This way, when I do pull reversals, it is specifically for that reading. I have never left reversed cards in any of my decks after a reading. Makes me feel yucky! lololol >:D Same here, Saturn. After every reading, I almost always arrange the cards in my deck in the correct order and orientation except when I'm really bushed. Some think it's a nice way to cleanse the deck of the energies of the previous reading, but I do it mainly as a way of formally ending the session
Virago Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 There is an old tarot tale (or myth) that if all the cards in a reading are reversed, you are not meant to read on that topic at that time and to stop reading and not read the cards. It's like a big NO! But I don't observe that and would interpret every reversed card as having value. Hmm, I relate to that. When I pull spreads with all reversed cards, I feel like it distorts and confuses the message to such a degree it becomes virtually unreadable. That could be a signal that I'm not meant to read on the situation.
DanielJUK Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 There is an old tarot tale (or myth) that if all the cards in a reading are reversed, you are not meant to read on that topic at that time and to stop reading and not read the cards. It's like a big NO! But I don't observe that and would interpret every reversed card as having value. Hmm, I relate to that. When I pull spreads with all reversed cards, I feel like it distorts and confuses the message to such a degree it becomes virtually unreadable. That could be a signal that I'm not meant to read on the situation. Although it seems really distorted and so hard to read, I would really recommend working on it and analysing it. For a period of my life I got so many all reversed card (or mainly reversed) like I wrote before, especially about love in my life. Working out the blocked cards helped me to know what to work on in myself! They are still messages and advice even if they are reversed :) I learnt a lot about myself from those reversed cards.
Sar Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 For readers who use reversals - how do you interpret a spread where all or a significant majority of the cards drawn are reversed? This is not highly statistically improbable so this sometimes happen to me. For 3-card spreads there is a 1 in 8 chance of this happening while for 5 cards it's 1 in 32. So yeah, how would you personally read this? As cards I need to pay more attention too.
Court de Gébelin Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 I think reverse meanings or interpretations are important. But, I don't pay any attention to reversed cards themselves. I read the cards within the context of the spread, and if in that context a reversed meaning jumps out at me as being signifiant, I consider using it. And, that's true regardless of the particular card's physical orientation.
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